Basketball
Special Olympics and the FIBA Foundation Sign New MOU for Inclusion
Special Olympics International and the FIBA Foundation have come together to sign a new two-year MOU, Memorandum of Understanding, as they continue their individual and combined efforts to promote basketball as a tool for social development.
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‘Prejudiced’ Mindset A Major Worry, Feels Finnish Athlete Julia Fonsén
‘The most effective way to raise awareness is to let persons with intellectual disability speak for themselves’
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Taking “Play Unified” to the Next Level
Special Olympics is all about bringing out the best in everyone. Special Olympics Unified Sports, which brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities, takes this transformation to another level. Now, meet a Unified Basketball team from Florida, USA that’s taking the power of “playing unified” to the global level at the 2023 World Games in Berlin.
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Agents of Inclusion: Episode Twelve
Ahead of this weekend's Lincoln Tunnel Challenge, avid runner Bobby Fredericks explains to JR why this road race is unlike any other in the country. Then Bobby discusses how he got his start in running and in Special Olympics at the age of five.
Special Olympics Actress Anna Sargent Breakout Role in Take Me Home at Sundance Film Festival
Special Olympics Florida athlete and actress Anna Sargent debuts her acting talents in the film Take Me Home, written and directed by Anna’s sister Liz Sargent, at the Sundance Film Festival as it hits the big screen for the first time.
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First-Ever Basketball Africa League and Special Olympics Unified Sports Event Took Place This Past Month
Last month on 17 March the first-ever Basketball Africa League (BAL) and Special Olympics Unified Sports event took place in Dakar, Senegal.
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Special Olympics Back on the Court with first-ever European Unified Youth Basketball Tournament
Funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and supported by Toyota Motors Europe, the tournament was organized by Special Olympics Italy in partnership with a local organising committee in Sansepolcro.
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Special Olympics European Unified Tournament on BBC World
16 delegations participated in the Special Olympics European Unified Youth Basketball tournament 2022.
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First-Ever Special Olympics European Unified Basketball Tournament Featuring 16 Countries is Hosted in Italy
16 countries compete at major Special Olympics basketball tournament featuring players with and without intellectual disabilities
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